Captain Beefheart and (his) Magic Band - Trout mask replica

Το "Trout Mask Repeplica" είναι ένα από σημαντικότερα album της σύγχρονης μουσικής.
Ο Piero Scaruffi το θεωρεί ως το σημαντικότερο δίσκο στην ιστορία του Rock ενώ το Rolling Stone τον κατατάσσει στην 60 θέση μεταξύ των 500, κατά το περιοδικό, σημαντικότερων δίσκων στην ιστορία της μουσικής.
Οι μουσικές συνθέσεις βασίζονται από τα blues, τη folk, τα ναυτικά εργατικά τραγούδια (Sea Shanties) και τη free jazz μέχρι την avant-garde και την κλασσική μουσική.
Μπορεί να βρεθεί σήμερα, για όσους δεν τον έχουν, είτε σε βινύλιο είτε σε cd. Στο youtube μπορείτε να τον ακούσετε εδώ.


Tracks:
All written, composed and arranged by Don Van Vliet

Side one
1. "Frownland" 
2. "The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back"  
3. "Dachau Blues"  
4. "Ella Guru"
5. "Hair Pie: Bake 1" 
6. "Moonlight on Vermont"

Side two
7. "Pachuco Cadaver"
8. "Bills Corpse"  
9. "Sweet Sweet Bulbs"  
10. "Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish"
11. "China Pig" 
12. "My Human Gets Me Blues"  
13. "Dali's Car"  

Side three
14. "Hair Pie: Bake 2"
15. "Pena"
16. "Well"
17. "When Big Joan Sets Up"
18. "Fallin' Ditch"
19. "Sugar 'n Spikes"
20. "Ant Man Bee"

Side four
21. "Orange Claw Hammer"  
22. "Wild Life"  
23. "She's Too Much for My Mirror"  
24. "Hobo Chang Ba"  
25. "The Blimp (mousetrapreplica)"  
26. "Steal Softly thru Snow"  
27. "Old Fart at Play"  
28. "Veteran's Day Poppy"  


Musicians:
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) – vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, musette, simran horn, hunting horn, jingle bells
The Magic Band
Bill Harkleroad (Zoot Horn Rollo) – "Glass Finger Guitar" (slide guitar using a glass slide), flute
Jeff Cotton (Antennae Jimmy Semens) – "Steel Appendage Guitar" (slide guitar using a metal slide), vocals on "Pena" and "The Blimp"
Victor Hayden (The Mascara Snake) – bass clarinet, additional vocals
Mark Boston (Rockette Morton) – bass guitar, narration on "Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish" and "Old Fart At Play"
John French (Drumbo) – drums, percussion (uncredited on the original release)
Additional personnel
Doug Moon – guitar on "China Pig"
Dick Kunc - speaking voice on "She's Too Much for My Mirror"(uncredited); engineer
Gary "Magic" Marker – bass guitar on "Moonlight on Vermont", "Veteran's Day Poppy" (uncredited)
Frank Zappa – speaking voice on "Ella Guru", "The Blimp", and "Pena"; credited as album producer
Roy Estrada – bass guitar on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
Arthur Tripp III – drums & percussion on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
Don Preston – piano on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
Ian Underwood and Bunk Gardner – alto and tenor saxophones on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
Buzz Gardner – trumpet on "The Blimp" (uncredited)